Vuk Jeremić at Harvard: Multipolarity and the Many-Body Problem
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić was the featured speaker at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, where he addressed the changing architecture of the international order in a talk titled “Multipolarity in the Age of Geopolitical Recession: The Many-Body Problem.” Drawing on the “many-body problem” as a metaphor for today’s geopolitics, Jeremić examined the transition […]
Inside the Race for the Next UN Secretary-General: Vuk Jeremić at Harvard’s Belfer Center
With the race for the next United Nations Secretary-General underway, CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić joined Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for a timely conversation on the future of UN leadership and multilateralism. Drawing on his first-hand experience as a candidate in the 2016 UN Secretary-General selection process, Jeremić discussed the dynamics shaping the current race […]
Vuk Jeremić Participates in UNCPGA Meeting in New York
Vuk Jeremić, President of CIRSD and former President of the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, participated in a meeting of the Council of Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly (UNCPGA), held in New York on September 19, 2026. As part of the meeting, Professor Stuart Russell of the University of California, […]
“The Unbearable Lightness of Global Governance”: Horizons Issue No. 35 Launched in Vienna
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), in cooperation with Global Neighbours, hosted a high-level discussion in Vienna marking the launch of the Summer 2026 issue of Horizons. The event brought together representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, Austrian public institutions, business and finance, academia, think tanks, and the legal community. The […]
Vuk Jeremić at Hili Forum 2026: Strategic Autonomy Key for Middle Powers in a Changing Global Order
The third edition of the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi was the first major international gathering in the Gulf since the outbreak of the war, bringing together over 1,000 senior policymakers, diplomats, experts and thought leaders at a moment of exceptional regional and global uncertainty. The Forum opened with remarks by Dr. Anwar Gargash, […]
Vuk Jeremić Calls for Stronger Eurasian Cooperation in a Multipolar Era
Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and Editor-in-Chief of Horizons, addressed a gathering of prominent Chinese scholars and policy experts at the Beijing Club for International Dialogue on July 7, 2026. Speaking at the event titled “Horizons: Eurasian Cooperation in a Multipolar Era,” Jeremić discussed the changing geopolitical […]
Vuk Jeremić Spoke at the World Peace Forum 2026
“Serbia will neither win the World Cup nor join the European Union.” With this piece of dark humour, former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić summed up his country’s arduous, 17-year-long journey toward EU membership. At the World Peace Forum 2026, Jeremić said that Serbia would not be able to join the European Union under the […]
Jeremić: Multipolar World Must Be Built on Shared Responsibility, Not Rival Blocs
The world has already become multipolar, but the international order has yet to adapt to this new distribution of power, Vuk Jeremić said during a keynote lecture at the University of Hong Kong, warning that growing rivalry between major powers could push the international system towards deeper instability and conflict. Jeremić, President of the Center […]
HORIZONS FORUM: Belgrade Emerges as a Meeting Point for Europe, China and Asia
The first HORIZONS | Sustainability and Connectivity Forum, jointly organized by the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development, CIRSD, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, CCIS, brought together more than 500 participants and over 20 leading global authorities in economics, finance, high technology, artificial intelligence, sustainable development, energy and international affairs at […]
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This June, Belgrade becomes a bridge between China and Europe.We are looking for motivated students and young professionals to join the organizational and media volunteer teams of the Horizons | Sustainability and Connectivity Forum. We welcome volunteers with strong English skills, team spirit, motivation, and an interest in international cooperation, global events, communications, and social […]